| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 129 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword 'PK'; Acknowledgements; Transcendence and the Fax Machine; The Romance of the Rib; The Dentists on the Avenida de la Revolución; Postcards from Prague; Borders; Islands and Continents; Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart; Afterword -- Writer's Jetlag; Contributors' Biographical Notes |
| Summary |
In this kaleidoscope of stories, translated from the Chinese, P.K. Leung, one of Hong Kong's most celebrated literary figures, presents his personal vision of the city, evoking in his inimitable voice the local and international dimensions of this extraordinary place, capturing its poignant ambivalence as a postcolonial territory on the fringe of China |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Translated from the Chinese |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Leung, Ping-kwan, 1949-2013 -- Translations into English.
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Short stories, Chinese -- Translations into English.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chan, Agnes Hung-Chong.
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Holton, Brian.
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Minford, John.
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| ISBN |
9789888052431 (electronic bk.) |
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9888052438 (electronic bk.) |
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(paperback) |
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(paperback) |
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